# Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024, Section 77: Rights of succession to intestate estate

Extent: S

(1) In section 2(1) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (rights of succession to intestate estate)—
(a) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(ab) where an intestate is survived by a husband, wife or civil partner, but is not survived by any prior relative, the surviving spouse or civil partner shall have right to the whole of the intestate estate;”,
(b) paragraph (e) is repealed.
(2) This section does not apply as respects a death that occurred before the section comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/2/section/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-and-succession-scotland-act-2024/section-77
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